CORONAVIRUS cases in the UK are rapidly rising with more than 600 positive tests as of Friday, March 13. Where has coronavirus cases been confirmed in the UK?

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the UK has now moved to the next phase to fight the spread coronavirus as 609 cases have been confirmed. Mr Johnson said the UK is now in its "delay phase", and said people who have a "new cough" or a "fever" should self-isolate for seven days.

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On Thursday, Mr Johnson's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, said the UK was four weeks behind Italy "in terms of the scale of the outbreak" if not "in terms of the response".

More than 15,000 have been infected in Italy, which has seen the largest outbreak in Europe.

So far the number of dead has surpassed 1,000 as the country went into lockdown.